Papers by Joan Ferrini-Mundy
INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PART IV: AN INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL IMPLICATIONS FOR SECONDARY AND COLLEGE INSTRUCTION
School Science and Mathematics, 2001
The Mathematical Education of Prospective Teachers of Secondary School Mathematics: Old Assumptions, New Challenges1
The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to investigate how students deal with the con... more The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to investigate how students deal with the concepts of infinity and limit. Based on the communicational approach to cognition, according to which mathematics is a kind of discourse, we try to identify the characteristics of students' discourse on the topic. Four American and four Korean students were interviewed in English
ver the past decade we have learned that children are capable of mathematical insights and mathem... more ver the past decade we have learned that children are capable of mathematical insights and mathematical invention that exceed our expec- tations. We have also learned that we, as teachers, contribute to—or suppress—this insight and inven- tiveness in our students by the choices we make. We choose the mathematical tasks, the questions, and the expectations for how students are to
National Standards, Local Control of Curriculum: Setting the Course of Mathematics Education in the United States
Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress on Mathematical Education, 2004
How does language impact the learning of mathematics? Comparison of English and Korean speaking university students’ discourses on infinity
International Journal of Educational Research, 2012
Student understanding of basic calculus concepts: Interaction with the graphics calculator
The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 1994
The recent efforts to reform calculus have, in many cases, included increased use of technology. ... more The recent efforts to reform calculus have, in many cases, included increased use of technology. Several studies have explored the interaction between the use of technology and student learning of calculus. Our study seeks to build on this work by exploring the ...
Knowing and Doing Mathematics: A New Vision for Middle Grades Students
The Elementary School Journal, 1993
... with middle grades students tend to be organized around interdisciplinary teams; use flexible... more ... with middle grades students tend to be organized around interdisciplinary teams; use flexible scheduling; have a homeroom period and a teacher advisor for each student; focus on the nature of middle level school ... Tye (1985) suggests that students at this grade span need a ...
School Science and Mathematics, 1997
We explore the relationship bet\veen national standards as policy recommendations and the transfo... more We explore the relationship bet\veen national standards as policy recommendations and the transformation of those recommendations into programs for school science and mathematics. We provide a brief introduction to national standards, propose a strategic frameworkfor standards-based reform, and offer a discussion of specific challenges associated with the improvement of contemporary science and mathematics education. A set offeatures common to the NCTM and the NRC standards is described. The strategic-frameworkfocuses on dissemination, interpretation, implementation, evaluation, and revision.
School Science and Mathematics, 2001
Discipline-based efforts to enhance undergraduate STEM education
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
ABSTRACT Initiatives designed to enhance STEM undergraduate education have much in common, as wel... more ABSTRACT Initiatives designed to enhance STEM undergraduate education have much in common, as well as distinctive differences by field.
Journal of Teacher Education, 2002
Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2007
Improving mathematics education in the United States has taken many forms. Our work has focused o... more Improving mathematics education in the United States has taken many forms. Our work has focused on two aspects: the content knowledge of teachers and a wellarticulated coherent curriculum. Our aim was teacher ''capacity building'' that is enabling teachers to teach to coherent and significant mathematical curricular goals and describe the implementation in a large-scale project based at Michigan State University. We highlight the design, structure and use of mathematics teacher learning tasks that were intended to improve teachers' capacity to teach to these goals and note how the teachers' perceptions of the structure and sequencing of mathematics itself affect the ways they organize mathematics in their teaching and the ways they teach.
Teacher Preparation Research: Current Knowledge, Gaps, and Recommendations: a Research Report Prepared for the US Department of Education and the Office for Educational Research and Improvement, February 2001
... Integrating technology into K-12 teaching and learning: current knowledge gaps and recommenda... more ... Integrating technology into K-12 teaching and learning: current knowledge gaps and recommendations for future research. Khe Foon Hew, Thomas Brush in Educational Technology Research & Development (2006). ... Mendeley is a paper search and productivity tool. ...
Page 1. RUNNING HEAD: KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING SCHOOL ALGEBRA Knowledge for Teaching School Algebra... more Page 1. RUNNING HEAD: KNOWLEDGE FOR TEACHING SCHOOL ALGEBRA Knowledge for Teaching School Algebra: Challenges in Developing an Analytic Framework Joan Ferrini-MundyRobert Floden Raven McCrory Michigan State University 211 North Kedzie Lab ...
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